Shelly In The Homeland Security Mix

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, D-Manhattan, today sent a letter to Gov. George Pataki demanding that he get angrier over the recent reductions in New York’s homeland security grants.

“While elected officials from throughout the state and from both political parties have spoken out strongly against a clearly outrageous and indefensible decision that has ripped critically needed funds from essential efforts we are taking to defend ourselves against future terrorist attacks, your response has been to express ‘disappointment,'”Â Silver wrote.